468 [Danger and Opportunity]
"What, I can't get a visa to enter Taiwan?" Kang Jianfei looked at Zeng Bolin in surprise, and suddenly felt that there was some trouble this time, as if the Taiwan authorities were playing the real thing.
Zeng Bolin nodded and said, "I was denied a visa for political reasons." ”
"Jingle Bell ......"
Kang Jianfei was just about to speak, when the phone rang suddenly.
The call was from Yu Huanping from Taipei, and he said anxiously: "Boss, my friend over there in China Film informed me that they couldn't do anything this time." The Information Bureau received instructions from above, and it was determined to knock Zheng Hu on the mountain, and the decree on the complete ban of DreamWorks films should come out in two or three days. ”
Kang Jianfei was puzzled when he heard this, and asked: "Yindu Organization is a leftist film organization with strong roots, and the films of several satellite companies they support can be released in Taiwan, how can the Information Bureau block DreamWorks?" ”
Yu Huping smiled bitterly: "Because DreamWorks is too showy, if it weren't for the face of Jiang Ergongzi, it would be enough for the News Bureau to ban ten times with the fact that the TV series filmed by DreamWorks were sold to the mainland." ”
"Is there any room for redemption?" Kang Jianfei asked.
"Yes." Yu Huping said with certainty.
Kang Jianfei continued to ask: "How to redeem it?" ”
Yu Huanping said: "I first got in touch with the Hong Kong branch of the Central News Agency, contacted the Information Bureau with the help of the Central News Agency, and then personally came to Taipei to write a letter of repentance to the Information Bureau, promising to draw a clear line with the other side of the strait in the future." ”
Alas, it is really not something that ordinary people can play with a tightrope on both sides, Kang Jianfei hung up the phone speechlessly.
Even Shao Yifu completely fell to the mainland, how could Kang Jianfei be stupid enough to draw a line with the Celestial Empire?
As for the Taiwan film market, throw it away, and it will be able to be killed back after the lifting of martial law in a few years.
"Help me contact Xu Jiasheng and ask him to come out for dinner tomorrow!" Kang Jianfei commanded and continued to make movies.
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The Bureau of Information has made a big move. It was a little unexpected.
Just like when Ye Zhiming's film company was blocked, even with his colorful jeans, all the companies under Kang Jianfei were spared, and all of them were blacklisted by the Information Bureau. Including the Oriental Cinema Company established at the beginning of the year, it was actually labeled as a leftist cinema line, which really made Kang Jianfei laugh.
FLM Restaurant.
Xu Jiasheng came early with his female secretary, and there was no bureaucratic arrogance at all, and he actually made a look of arrogance and said: "Mr. Kang, I heard that your company's film was blocked by the Taiwan authorities, what a pity." ”
Kang Jianfei didn't look a little sad. said with a smile: "It's a pity, who makes money and who doesn't want it." I'm going to go to Taipei in two days, write a letter of repentance and admit my mistakes, and then draw a line with you and join the Freedom Association. There is still a chance to lift the ban order. ”
Xu Jiasheng heard Kang Jianfei say this, although he knew that Kang Jianfei was deliberately scaring him. But he hurriedly said: "The return of 97 is the trend of the times. Mr. Kang should not go against the tide of history. I don't think it's a big deal for DreamWorks to be blocked over there, and DreamWorks' future movies can be sold in the mainland market. The exchange rate of the renminbi against the Hong Kong dollar is now 1 to 4, and even if a movie is only sold for 5 million yuan in the mainland, it is equivalent to 100 million Taiwan dollars in Taiwan. ”
Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "President Xu, the exchange rate of the RMB is very large. The black market price is at least half lower. ”
Xu Jiasheng immediately said: "But the mainland film market is also much larger than Taiwan. ”
After talking for a long time and finally reaching the key point, Kang Jianfei said in embarrassment: "But I now have to sell at least 6 movies to Taiwan every year, not to mention the censorship on the mainland, there must be many films that can't be sold." For example, "God of Gamblers", a film that promotes gambling. And there are still movie quotas in the mainland, and DreamWorks will definitely not be able to win the Yindu institution, which is the most difficult thing to do! ”
Xu Jiasheng patted his chest and said: "Don't worry about this, Mr. Kang, as long as your film meets the censorship standards, I promise to sell at least 5 films a year and go to the mainland." Moreover, the mainland has been much more relaxed in terms of censorship, and ghost films like "Happy Ghost", which are actively promoted in content, are still allowed to be released in the mainland, and will not be regarded as feudal superstition. ”
Kang Jianfei asked Xu Jiasheng with a playful smile: "Can this President Xu call the shots?" It seems that now it is the Film Bureau under the Ministry of Culture that has the final say. ”
Xu Jiasheng said: "If Mr. Kang doesn't believe it, you can go to the Beijing Film Bureau in person." ”
"Then ask Mr. Xu to help contact you." Kang Jianfei said that since the Taiwan authorities will not let him fall on both sides, he should simply be a "red capitalist" in a generous manner.
Red capitalists have many benefits, such as Fok Ying-tung, a Hong Kong tycoon, who obtained political capital by smuggling materials to the mainland during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. In fact, Huo Yingdong did not make a fortune by smuggling, and it took several years to earn tens of thousands of yuan, which can only be said to have dug the first pot of gold.
What really made Huo Yingdong prosperous was his red political capital. At that time, Hong Kong was engaged in development and construction everywhere, but Hong Kong did not produce river sand for construction, but Fok Yingdong obtained the exclusive right to sell river sand in the mainland, and instantly became the "tsar" who all real estate developers in Hong Kong had to curry favor with.
As for the film and television circle, the Jiang family's Anle Pictures are obvious examples. In the parallel space, Jiang Zhiwen will move closer to the Celestial Empire and invest in the construction of the first joint venture cinema in the mainland.
The advantage gained by the Jiang family is that when Hong Kong films were in decline and major film companies were going bankrupt, Anle Pictures, a small cinema chain, actually went against the market and became the largest cinema company in Hong Kong in the future, and almost monopolized the foreign distribution business of mainland films.
Kang Jianfei is a very eccentric person, and when he encounters difficulties, he will not feel that the sky is falling, but will consider how to turn difficulties into opportunities and bad things into good things.
The so-called "crisis" is that there is an "opportunity" hidden in the "danger", and it depends on whether you can grasp it.
Kang Jianfei not only wants to sell songs, movies, and TV dramas to the mainland, but also plans to invest in cooperating with the mainland to build movie theaters.
Nowadays, the cinemas in the mainland are all state-owned, and the projection equipment and infrastructure are still relatively backward, Kang Jianfei wants to invest in the construction of an iconic cinema in the capital, the magic capital, the demon capital and other big cities.
Of course, the nature of these cinemas is a joint venture, Kang Jianfei pays the money, the mainland government pays the land, and Kang Jianfei can get no more than 50% of the shares.
It may seem like a loss now, but in 10 or 20 years, it will mean a lot of money. Because in the process of private ownership reform in the mainland, Kang Jianfei can easily get back the shares of these theaters, and has political capital in advance, and when the mainland theater system is reformed, Kang Jianfei will become the largest theater operator in the mainland.
Making movies in the mainland may not be profitable, but the mainland cinema companies are fat one by one, don't you see Wanda Cinema Line directly acquire AMC, the world's second largest cinema company?
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"International director Kang Jianfei was banned by Taiwan, and all its companies were blacklisted"
"Oriental DreamWorks Loses Taiwan Market, Hong Kong's Biggest Film Giant May Flourish and Decline"
"Oriental Entertainment Company is now terminating the contract, and more than ten stars have left in half a day"
"Collective protest of franchised cinema businessmen, Oriental cinema may face collapse"
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Before Kang Jianfei's trip to the capital took place, the news of Kang Jianfei's comprehensive ban spread in Hong Kong, causing a chain reaction like a big avalanche.
First of all, the actors of the Oriental Entertainment Company are panicked, because after the blocking order of the Taiwan Information Bureau comes out, all films in which the actors of the Oriental Entertainment Company participate will be regarded as leftist films and banned from being screened in Taiwan. In this way, the more famous the star, the more tragic it is, and I am afraid that no one in Hong Kong will dare to make films except for DreamWorks and leftist film companies.
And the Oriental Cinema Company is also in a lot of trouble, because it was labeled as a leftist cinema line, so scared that no film company dared to show films in the Oriental Cinema Line, and even Xiang Huaqiang's Yongsheng Pictures terminated its cooperation with the Oriental Cinema Company.
Not only that, but those franchisees of the Oriental Cinema Line, because they were afraid that their theaters would become leftist theaters, also asked Kang Jian to fly to Taiwan to serve soft.
Fengxing Records has the biggest and most direct loss, because the Hong Kong record market is very small, and it is very rare to sell more than 100,000 in general. And the records of first-line singers in Taiwan sell two or three hundred thousand copies is trivial, and the albums of Su Rui and Luo Dayou have exceeded one million.
For Hong Kong's record companies, the Taiwanese record market is extremely important, and small and medium-sized record companies can say that once a large company loses the Taiwan market, its profits will be lost.
After Fengxing Records was banned, the first singer to leave was Su Rui. This diva in the music world who was picked up by Kang Jianfei still had four years to expire in the deed of sale, and a Taiwanese record company was willing to pay 4.5 million Hong Kong dollars in liquidated damages to sign her away.
What makes Kang Jianfei feel relieved is that Ye Qianwen, who has gradually become a first-line singer, actually stayed very loyally. Although I don't know what Ye Qianwen's idea is, Kang Jianfei still decided to write a few songs to praise this woman - Kang Jianfei's idea is very simple, since Lao Tzu can bring out a Su Rui as a diva, then he can bring out a second diva Ye Qianwen.
On the other hand, Oriental DreamWorks and Phoenix TV, although employees are also talking about it, there are almost no people who resign because of this. These behind-the-scenes film and television employees and administrative staff, they don't need to show their heads, as long as they have money to make, they don't care what leftists and rightists are.
In the face of the tide of contract termination of the major companies under his control, Kang Jianfei did not stop it, anyway, the person who was going to leave just brought the liquidated damages. With the two star-making machines of DreamWorks and Phoenix Terrace, will Oriental Entertainment Company still lack stars?
Kang Jianfei wanted to see who would choose to leave at this time. (To be continued......)